Adventure/Survival



  1. Bad Island (graphic novel) by Doug TenNapel
  2. The Dagger Quick by Brian Eames
  3. Dive by Gordon Korman
  4. Everest by Gordon Korman
  5. The Great Wide Sea by Madaline Herlong
  6. I Survived series (Attacks of 9/11, The Shark Attacks of 1916, The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, etc...)
  7. Into the Volcano: a graphic novel by Don Wood
  8. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
  9. Leepike Ridge by Nathan Wilson
  10. Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
  11. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
  12. Lionboy by Zizou Corder
  13. Missile Mouse: The Star Crusher (graphic novel) by Jake Parker
  14. Night of the Howling Dogs by Graham Salisbury
  15. Operation Red Jericho by Joshua Mowill
  16. Outlaw: the legend of Robin Hood by Tony Lee
  17. Paint the Wind by Pam Munoz Ryan
  18. Peak by Roland Smith
  19. Raptor by Paul Zindel
  20. Runaway by Wendelin Van Draanen
  21. The Scarecrow and His Servant by Philip Pullman
  22. Silverfin: A James Bond Adventure by Charles Higson
  23. Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
  24. Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083 by Andrea White
  25. Thunder Cave by Roland Smith
  26. Thunder from the Sea by Joan Harlow
  27. Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
  28. Treasure Hunters by James Patterson
  29. The Unsinkable Walker Bean (graphic novel) by Aaron Renier
  30. The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John
  31. White Fang by Jack London
  32. Wolf Brother: Chronicles of Ancient Darkness by Michelle Paver
  33. Worst Case Scenario: (Amazon, Deadly Seas & Everest) You Decide How to Survive

Fantasy/Science Fiction

  1. 100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson
  2. Abarat by Clive Barker
  3. Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson
  4. Among the Hidden (Shadow Children) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
  5. The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus Trilogy) by Jonathan Stroud
  6. Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity (graphic novel) by Dave Roman
  7. Beastologist: Book One (Flight of the Phoenix) by R. L. LaFevers
  8. Beyond the Deepwoods (Edge Chronicles) by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell
  9. Calamity Jack by Shannon and Dean Hale (graphic novel)
  10. Cardboard by Doug TenNapel (graphic novel)
  11. Cinder by Marissa Meyer
  12. The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
  13. Dark Life by Kat Falls
  14. The Doll People by Ann Martin
  15. The Doom Machine by Mark Teague
  16. Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George
  17. Dragon's Bait by Vivian Vande Velde
  18. East by Edith Pattou
  19. Egg & Spoon by Gregory Maguire
  20. The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens
  21. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
  22. Eragon by Christopher Paolini
  23. The Fairy Tale Detectives: The Sisters Grimm, book 1 by Michael Buckley
  24. The False Prince by Jennifer Nielsen
  25. Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve
  26. The Fire Within (Last Draon Chronicles) by Chris D'Lacey
  27. Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
  28. Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman
  29. The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
  30. Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
  31. The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman
  32. Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde
  33. Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch (graphic novel)
  34. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
  35. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
  36. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  37. Ivy's EverAfter by Dawn Lairamore
  38. The Last Dragon by Silvani De Mari
  39. Lockdown: Escape from Furnace by Alexander Gordon Smith
  40. Lone Wolf by Kathryn Lasky
  41. Magyk (Septimus Heap) by Angie Sage
  42. Mark of the Thief by Jennifer Nielsen
  43. Masterpiece by Elise Broach
  44. May Bird and the Ever After by Jodi Lynn Anderson
  45. Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans
  46. Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
  47. The Name of This Book is Secret (series) by Pseudonymous Bosch
  48. Nerds (Book One): National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society) by Michael Buckley
  49. No Such Thing As Dragons by Philip Reeve
  50. Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy by Karen Foxlee
  51. Pegasus: The Flame of Olympus by Kate O'Hearn
  52. Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry
  53. Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon and Dean Hale
  54. Redwall by Brian Jacques
  55. The Ruins of Gorlan(Ranger's Apprentice) by Flanagan
  56. Savvy by Ingrid Law
  57. The Secret Science Alliancea nd the Copycat Crook by Eleanor Davis
  58. The Seekers: The Quest Begins (series) by Erin Hunter
  59. Sidekicks by Jack Ferraiolo
  60. Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel
  61. Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
  62. Spirit Animals by Brandon Mull
  63. The Stonekeeper(Amulet; Book One) by Kazu Kibuishi
  64. The Stuff of Legend: Book 1: The Dark by Mike Raicht and Brian Smith (graphic novel)
  65. T-Minus: the race to the moon by Jim Ottaviani, Zander Cannon and Kevin Cannon (graphic novel)
  66. A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
  67. The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler
  68. The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
  69. Tunnels by Roderick Gordan
  70. Warriors: Into the Wild by Erin Hunter (series-book 1-6)
  71. A Well-Timed Enchantment by Vivian Vande Velde
  72. Wings of Fire by Tiu T. Sutherland
  73. Zita the Space Girl (graphic novel) by Ben Hatke